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Deputy Assaulted Following Vehicle Pursuit

Posted On: 16th April, 2018

On April 14, 2018, at approximately 9:23 p.m., Larimer County Sheriff’s Office Deputies received information from Fort Collins Police Services of a blue 1997 Honda Accord who had failed to stop following a traffic stop. Larimer County Sheriff’s Office Deputies located the vehicle in the area of North Garfield Avenue and East 57th Street in Loveland.

Deputies observed traffic violations and attempted to stop the vehicle. The vehicle failed to pull over and a pursuit was initiated. The driver of the sedan drove south on Garfield reaching speeds of 40 miles per hour. Deputies were able to successfully deploy StarChase, a Global Positioning System (GPS) vehicle pursuit tracking device, and Deputies stopped pursuing the vehicle. Deputies were able to track the vehicle remotely to a residence in the 400 block of Crescent Drive in Loveland.

When Deputies contacted the driver, who was identified as Eric Guerin (6/27/89) of Loveland, at his residence he physically resisted arrest. After Mr. Guerin was taken into custody, a Deputy was transported to a local area hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Mr. Guerin was also transported to a local area hospital as a precautionary measure.

This investigation is on-going and criminal charges are forthcoming and will be sent in an updated press release once Mr. Guerin has been booked into the Larimer County Jail.

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The StarChase system is a proven, less-lethal technology that provides a significant tactical advantage to law enforcement officers in failure-to-yield or high-risk flight situations. Once a vehicle is tagged it enables a dispatcher to track the suspect in real time using a web-based mapping program. The officer remains on the street, a potentially dangerous pursuit is avoided, and the offender can then be safely apprehended.